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Hiroyasu Imura spent 19 years pursuing his boyhood dream of faithfully producing a replica of Himeji Castle in Hyogo Prefecture in 1:23 scale, after being given a book containing photographs of the castle on his 47th Birthday, although it wasn’t until retiring at age 60, Imura devoted his life to building the replica.

A California man used pocket knives to amputate his own leg in order to free himself after being pinned under a tree for almost 11 hours & then travelled 3km’s to get help. Eventually, Eric Bockey, a neighbour in the area, heard Hill’s cries for help.

“Only me, Al and God were there that day,” he said, declining further comment.
A few years ago I attended a book signing & got to hear the story of rock climber, Aron Ralston, who amputated his arm after it being pinned under a boulder for over 5 days. I have to say I found his story & attitude nothing short of amazing.

I find these stories fascinating mainly because of what we, as humans, are willing to do to survive. Both these peeps truely deserve to be classed as ‘amazing people of the world’

Titled ‘For the love of God” this diamond encrusted skull, a work by artist Damien Hirst, is on sale for a whopping $98,000,00 US.

This work as art, in life & death, is amazing & i’d love to hold this in my hands. To quote the artist…

“I remember thinking it would be great to do a diamond one — but just prohibitively expensive,” he recalls. “Then I started to think — maybe that’s why it is a good thing to do. Death is such a heavy subject, it would be good to make something that laughed in the face of it.”

Railway worker Jan Grzebski, 65, fell into a coma after he was hit by a train in 1988. Back then Poland was still a communist state & food was still being rationed out.

“When I went into a coma there was only tea and vinegar in the shops, meat was rationed and huge petrol queues were everywhere, Now I see people on the streets with mobile phones and there are so many goods in the shops it makes my head spin,” he told Polish television.

a very strange heading, a very beautiful story, which caught my eye on bbc news website..
here is what the article said…

The world’s tallest man has saved two dolphins by using his long arms to reach into their stomachs and pull out dangerous plastic shards. Veterinarians turned to Mr Bao after attempts to extract the plastic shards at the aquarium in Fushun, Liaoning Province, had failed.